Editing Warhammer/Tactics/8th Edition/Beastmen (section)

==Why Play Beastmen==
Let's say you like Chaos in Warhammer Fantasy, but you're not that hell-bent on winning every game you set out to play. A strange thought to many, I know but let's entertain this one. What would an army of this sort look like? I'll tell you what it would look like - it would look like Beastmen! Like Daemons and Warriors, Beastmen have all that cool chaos flair, like spiky bits, evil and malice, awesome looking models, etc. - and none of the cheese! If you like an army of angry, bitter, drunk pseudo-furries (it's actually a lot cooler than that sounds), you will like the Beastmen.

Also, if you like tough, fast-moving cores supported by awesome lords and heroes, one of the most bad-ass special units and literally terrifying rare choices, Beastmen are for you.

Sadly, Beastmen were written when 7th edition was in vogue and they were able to go head to head with the other factions on a more balanced scale.  Prior to the new army book the "only" way to play Beastmen was chariot spam and while the new book added ''more'' options, lists didn't change all that much. Today, they are overpriced and nowhere near as durable as they used to be. Essentially, they're now a casualty of 8th edition; pity that WHFB had to be rebooted because of an [[Warhammer/Tactics/Daemons_of_Chaos|exceptionally OP army]] made by a particular [[Matt Ward|cocksucker]]. As a side note, the Beastmen faction is still perfectly viable to play as, it just takes more manoeuvring, strategy, and brains than previously, much like how the [[Dark Elves|Dark Pansies]] USED to be in this regard.

Update: So The End Times: Glottkin is out and with it comes a Beastman update, they can now have marks, ambush works a little differently, and you're given extra rules like Eye of the Gods (with Daemonhood becoming Spawnhood) and the Reign of Chaos magic chart.  There's a different page for it here:  [[Legions_of_Chaos|Legions of Chaos.]]  If for any reason you don't want to field other units alongside your Beastmen (and still want your Beastmen to be better) then you'd be better off with this tactica for a LoC Beastmen army (as the other assumes you want to mix units).

But don't be disheartened by all the bad things, you can still get the killing done when you need to tear and shred units if you use a little creativity and hatred, tonnes of hatred.

(Triple crown tournament gave the beastmen a good upgrade, they can take marks of chaos for free as long as you take a pure beasts of chaos army instead of legions of chaos swap and drop.triple crown might as well be official since they are keeping 8edition alive in Essex)